Türkiye’nin Yeni Sisteminde Seçim Öncesi İttifaklar

Abstract

16 Nisan 2017 halkoylamasıyla kabul edilen hükümet sistemi değişikliğinin uygulamaya geçeceği ilk seçim olan 24 Haziran 2018 Cumhurbaşkanı ve Milletvekili Genel Seçimleri öncesinde yapılan kanun düzenlemeleriyle siyasi partilerin seçim öncesi ittifak kurmasının önü açılmıştır. Türkiye’nin yeni seçim sistemi ve ittifak düzenlemesi birçok açıdan yeni ve farklı uygulama fırsatları sunmaktadır. Seçim barajı uygulaması, aday listesi oluşturma ve sandalye dağılımı gibi konularda dünyadaki diğer sistemlerde siyasi partilerin ittifaklara çekinceyle yaklaşmalarına sebep olan noktalara esneklik kazandırılmıştır. Bu sebeplerden dolayı, Türkiye’de uygulanan sistem, dünyadaki diğer ülkeler için seçim ittifakları açısından iyi bir örnek oluşturduğu söylenebilir. Bu çalışmada; Türkiye’nin yeni sisteminde ittifak kurma şartları ve 24 Haziran 2018 seçimleri öncesinde kurulan ittifaklar incelenecektir.

Keywords

• seçim ittifakı,seçimler,siyasi partiler,Türkiye

Pre-Electoral Alliances under New System of Turkey

Abstract

The amendments to the electoral law of Turkey allowed political parties to form pre-electoral alliances ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, 2018 that would brought changes to the governance system for the first time since the April 2017 referendum. Turkey’s new electoral system and several amendments introduced a new and different set of rules with respect to formation of pre-electoral alliances. The new system offers more flexibility on some issues such as electoral threshold, candidate lists and distribution of seats that make political parties hesitate to form pre-electoral alliances in other systems. As a result, Turkey can set a good example in terms of pre-electoral alliances for other countries. This study aims to assess the conditions of forming pre-electoral alliances in Turkey under new electoral system and the alliances formed ahead of June 24, 2018 elections.

Keywords

• pre-electoral alliance,elections,political parties,Turkey

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